A group of sixth grade students are giving their neighbors a lesson in civic responsibility. TV 10-55’s Alex Denis checks in with students from Democracy Prep Endurance Middle School, who are educating local residents as to the importance of voting.

More than 20 Assembly seats and four Senate seats are up for grabs. There is also an unusual number of contests without incumbents because more than 20 of 150 Assembly members and four of 62 senators have retired or resigned this term.

Early on, Carl Paladino wasn’t taken seriously, and until recently Rick Lazio refused to even utter his name, but as CBS 2’s Kathryn Brown reports, the Tea Party-backed candidate stunned the nation with an unlikely win.